HST250H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Operationalization, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Social Fact
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Lecture 2: the language of research, types of research, levels of analysis: language of research. Basic, theoretical applied, clinical, comparative, critical: key theoretical approaches. States that there are multiple ways to understand things/concepts. More than one way to solve a problem. Research is a tool for understanding the value and meaning of experienced reality, i. e. what does it mean to be suicidal. Approach is usable because there is always conflict. Research is a tool that should be used to improve the conditions of the underprivileged or oppressed; i. e. let"s try to improve the general health of poor people: positivist approach. Behavior is naturally determined; i. e. i throw up when i am sick. So study them using same methods to study behavior of species. Even events which appear to be random may elude our limited comprehension of the natural forces at work. Truth is changing and dynamic because our situations are constantly changing.
